Unusually for such cases, she was evidently competent and clearly stated her wish for the ventilator to be switched off. |
The anesthesia care provider must use a latex-free breathing circuit with plastic mask and bag, and the ventilator bellows must be nonlatex. |
But Mr Bingham was taken off the ventilator in the recovery room shortly after the operation. |
He was taken to the emergency room in severe respiratory distress and ended up on a ventilator. |
Inspired gas hygrometry was measured with the ventilator and airway circuit connected to a test lung under the following conditions. |
The air was delivered from a manual resuscitator or portable volume ventilator via a mouthpiece or nasal interface. |